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U.N. panel rejects U.S. effort to accredit gay group
Reuters-U.S., Posted: 6/8/2010, 9:03 AM
QUICK LOOK: A United Nations committee that decides which nongovernmental organizations can be accredited to the world body moved on Thursday to keep out the International Gay and... (MORE)
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Openly gay Elton John considered dangerous in Egypt
Monsters & Critics (U.K.), Posted: 5/7/2010, 3:51 PM
QUICK LOOK: Egypt's musician's union on Sunday rejected plans for British singer Elton John to perform a private concert scheduled for May 18, because of his 'controversial remarks... (MORE)
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Microsoft's Bing searches filter out gay sites for Arabs
The Register (U.K.), Posted: 3/8/2010, 9:26 AM
QUICK LOOK: Microsoft's Bing search engine blocks out "sexually explicit" results and gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender queries in Arab countries, claimed the Open Net Initiative... (MORE)
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Gay groups blocked by govt's from UN AIDS confab
Pink News (U.K.), Posted: 6/6/2008, 10:19 AM
QUICK LOOK: Lesbian and gay and sexual health groups from Jamaica, Zimbabwe and Egypt have been excluded from a major international conference on HIV/AIDS organised by the United... (MORE)
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Bloomberg News Service, Posted: 4/11/2008, 5:13 PM
QUICK LOOK: For three months, Egyptian police have embarked on periodic sweeps of downtown streets to clear them of presumed homosexuals. The raids, independent observers and human-rights activists say, reflect... (MORE)
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News24 (S. Africa), Posted: 4/9/2008, 4:03 PM
QUICK LOOK: An Egyptian judicial official said four HIV-positive men have been convicted of being homosexual and sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years of close police supervision. The official,... (MORE)
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The Star (South Africa), Posted: 4/1/2008, 12:21 PM
QUICK LOOK: When Ali started blogging that he was Sudanese and gay, he did not realise he was joining a band of African and Middle Eastern gays and lesbians who, in the face of hostility and repression, have... (MORE)
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New Scientist, Posted: 3/23/2008, 9:39 PM
QUICK LOOK: Stigmatizing HIV-positive men will not help the Egyptian government contain the spread of the disease. Officials are accused of using the HIV status of some gay men to bolster the case for jailing... (MORE)
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Muslim outrage as anti-gay cleric refused U.K. visa
Posted: 2/7/2008, 7:33 PM
QUICK LOOK: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a controversial Muslim cleric who defends suicide attacks, has been refused a visa to enter to the UK after a campaign by David Cameron. The Muslim... (MORE)
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Posted: 2/6/2008, 1:12 PM
QUICK LOOK: Egyptian HIV-positive men are arrested, tortured and chained to hospital beds for 23 hours a day before facing unfair trials for alleged homosexuality, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. The New... (MORE)

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Egyptian scholars decry lesbian love scene in movie
Alarabiya (UAE), Posted: 1/7/2008, 12:48 PM
QUICK LOOK: Islamic scholars in Egypt are outraged by a lesbian scene in a new movie, telling audiences to stay away from the sinful flick and calling for the director and actresses... (MORE)
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'Jihad for Love' film seeks out gay Muslim audiences
Reuters-U.K., Posted: 9/12/2007, 9:25 AM
QUICK LOOK: It took gay Indian filmmaker Parvez Sharma six years to make "Jihad for Love," a documentary film about gay men and women trying to live Muslim lives in Iraq, Pakistan,... (MORE)
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Aussie court calls Egyptian's gay relationship fake
Sydney Star Observer, Posted: 7/25/2007, 10:08 AM
QUICK LOOK: Despite a rebuke from Australia's High Court and assurances to the Senate, immigration authorities there are still finding ways to ignore pleas for protection on the... (MORE)
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Terrorist Abu Hamza refuses help from gay nurse
Mirror.co.uk, Posted: 6/25/2007, 8:32 PM
QUICK LOOK: Imprisoned Islamic cleric Abu Hamza has refused treatment from his nurse in a U.K. prison after finding out the man is gay. The nurse, nickname Queenie, has been helping... (MORE)
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Israeli website aims to open closet for gay Arabs
Israel21c, Posted: 4/15/2007, 8:02 PM
QUICK LOOK: Matt Lebow and John Leonard wanted to do something different. Fed up with traditional gay Internet sites that offered only crude and X-rated material, the Israel-based students decided ... (MORE)
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LifeSite.net (anti-gay), Posted: 2/6/2007, 4:48 PM
QUICK LOOK: Canada’s Conservative government appointed representative to the United Nations berated Muslim countries for opposing the admission of gay activist organizations to observer status with the UN, the... (MORE)
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Canada.com, Posted: 2/2/2007, 1:51 PM
QUICK LOOK: Canada has expressed alarm at the "pattern of discrimination" against homosexuals at the United Nations after the UN committee that vets the credentials of activist groups blocked Quebec's leading... (MORE)
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